Posted on 03/20/2007 12:45:08 PM PDT by SmithL
WASHINGTON — All three GOP U.S. House members from East Tennessee are backing the new "Draft Fred Thompson" for president committee, and Bank East in Knoxville will handle its campaign fund.
A filing with the Federal Election Commission shows the committee treasurer is Dean Rice of Knoxville, a former aide to Thompson and Knoxville Rep. John J. Duncan Jr., and that Bank East is the depository.
Duncan and Reps. Zach Wamp of Chattanooga and David Davis of Johnson City are aiding the effort. Davis is the newest addition to the pro-Thompson camp; he earlier had not endorsed a candidate for president. Duncan first was a Mitt Romney booster but has said he will switch to Thompson if he runs.
Thompson, a former U.S. senator from Tennessee and a lawyer, has said he is studying the GOP field of candidates to decide if he should seek the presidency. He acts in the NBC-TV show "Law & Order" and is a substitute on the nationally aired Paul Harvey radio show.
Davis said today that Thompson is very popular in his upper-eastern 1st District and nationally because of his solid conservative credentials and Reagan-like, strong presence and speaking skills.
Davis said he hopes that Thompson decides to run "sooner than later," but he did not have a deadline in mind in aiding the "Draft Fred" committee. The race will be very expensive, a factor that Thompson has to consider in timing his decision, he said.
The current GOP presidential field is not satisfying many of the party faithful, so they are excited about Thompson possibly entering the race, Davis said. On a recent weekend in his district, he said, people talked to him all day about the possibility of Thompson running.
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Bumperoo!
Draft FRED!
He's running. Yes!
Run Fred Ping
Sounds good to me. I'm ready for what's behind door #3.
Donate!
http://www.fred08.com
Even a few dollars from you will signal to Fred that he's got backing. Donate today's lunch money for a candidate you want to vote for, not one that is chosen for you.
A welcomed addition to the field.
Just sent $20.
GREAT!!!!!!!!! Maybe this will send McCain home to the desert. Now all we need is Newt to get in the race and these two would panic the Democratic party. Why? They couldn't handle the honesty as to what this country is really all about.
Oh yeah...oh YEAH!!!
Fred Thompson for President:
What you see is what you get-
The Real Deal!
Yeah!
Don't forget to click on the Tab 'What People are Saying' on that link. People are absolutely excited.
One guy says he never gives to candidates because he doesn't have the cash but for Fred hw will work a little overtime.
When Fred sees we are willing to part with a precious few dollars, he knows he's got the backing to go all the way!
Fred will be the first candidate for any office at any level that I've *ever* donated money to.
What you see is what you get-
Isn't that the TRUTH!!!
Can you imagine what a blessing it will be to have a real conservative in the race?
I think people are going to have an early Fourth of July if he announces.
CMON FRED!!!
Show Fred right now by donating $10-$15 whatever you can afford.
Write him a little note and tell him just what you posted here!
I'll have to do it this evening. While internet usage is not necessarily frowned upon at my job (especially when, like today, we have nothing to do), making financial transactions of any sort are.
Fred would be a credible candidate and -- depending on how he comes down on the ISSUES -- I'd support him. We all seem to lose sight of the issues during these presidential "beauty contests" and THAT'S why we're in this mess.
Got a better idea.
Years ago, Congressman and medical doctor Larry McDonald was working late in his Capitol Hill office when an old friend from medical school knocked on his door. Larry rose and greeted his guest and, after exchanging the usual pleasantries, looking a bit dejected, his friend slumped into a chair.
Larry asked him what was wrong.
With a little sigh, his friend said “Every few years, a group of us have to take time away from our practices and jobs and come all the way up here to meet with our representatives and senators to try to head off some new effort to trash the Constitution. And I often get the feeling that these guys up here just aren’t listening.”
Laughing, Larry offered, “You do know, don’t you, that there’s a better way?”
“What’s that, Larry?”
“You and your friends ought to get together at home and find a House candidates who shares your values and get behind him with support and resources and REPLACE those guys who aren’t listening. And if there is no candidate with those qualifications, go out and CREATE one – maybe even run yourself! And if, down the road, the new guy stops listening to you, work to replace HIM. The beauty of the House of Representatives is that the Founding Fathers designed it so that these folks have to come home every 24 months to get their tickets punched by the voters. And as we both know, the taxing and spending occur in the House. If the lower house refused to fund some liberty destroying or unconstitutional agency or program, it just won’t happen.”
“But, Larry, how do we convince the rest of the voters that the incumbent needs to be replaced?”
“That used to be a real challenge since poll after poll asking folks what they thought of congress usually got very negative answers. But when asked how they thought THEIR guys were doing up here got responses indicating that THEIR guys were doing a good job. There’s a new program called Tax Reform Immediately (TRIM) that uses only one yardstick for its quarterly rating of every member of congress – the United States Constitution.” (http://www.trimonline.org)
“Does it work, Larry?”
“One of my favorite stories about that is the 16 year-old paperboy out in the Midwest who every quarter paid to have 10,000 TRIM Bulletins printed and threw them on his route and in another 9,500 lawns in his district – FROM HIS BIKE! After 3 quarters of that, the incumbent was ousted for someone who more closely represented the views of the voters. On election night, the red-faced loser was interviewed on TV and, waving a TRIM Bulletin, sputtered that it was a right-wing plot to “get him.” It was GREAT TV.”
“A ‘plot’ by a 16 year-old paperboy.” Larry and his guest laughed.
“And it’s happening all over the country – even in my state, Georgia. My supporters down there are keeping the voters in the 7th informed about my votes up here. Since my only standard is the Constitution, they keep sending me back. So it works both ways: The good guys get reelected and the bad guys get sent home – or hang around as lobbyists.” Another chuckle.
“But what about the presidential election?”
“While important, if we had 300 or so decent representatives up here on the Hill, they’d take back much of the power they’ve shipped down to 1600 over the past years and the 4 year beauty contest would become far less important than it now is. A metaphor for these elections for president, representatives and senate is a 3 card Monte game: While everyone is focused on the card marked with the “P,” the “R” and “S” cards are largely ignored.”
Larry’s friend returned home, got his friends and neighbors up to speed with TRIM – and within a year, had a new and improved representative.
Now, after seeing the Hannity poll at 52% for Fred, let's see if Sean starts to share any of the free publicity he's been wasting on Rudy , Mitt and McLame.
Me, too. I just donated a little, with the promise of more if he declares.
And I love your tag line especially 'Fear the Fred'.
I'm going to use it:
LIBERALS FEAR THE FRED!
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